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Most home owners with any DIY interest should purchase an electric drill, because what they'll be purchasing is almost certainly a cordless model with a torque
by avar 4y ago
Most home owners with any DIY interest should purchase an electric drill, because what they'll be purchasing is almost certainly a cordless model with a torque limiter.
Those are useful for everything from assembling IKEA furniture to taking apart a car. The drilling function is secondary or tertiary.
But sure, if you mean a giant corded impact drill used to drill into concrete almost nobody needs that.
- Animats 4y ago"a giant corded impact drill used to drill into concrete, almost nobody needs that" I had to rent one once to put a conduit through a concrete block wall reinforced with concrete fill and rebar. Not fun.
- ars 4y ago> giant corded impact drill used to drill into concrete Tons of people need that - how else do you hang pictures on stone walls? And they are not so giant - they are the same size as regular drills.
- eropple 4y agoI think he's referring to an SDS, which no, home users absolutely don't need. And most homes are wood stud and drywall, where you don't even really need a hammer drill or the impact bit of an impact driver.
- avar 4y agoAs the sibling comment noted I meant an SDS. I hang pictures on walls with a kit gun and fast drying kit usually. You can buy kit (or glue) that could easily hold your bodyweight if applied to an area the size of your palm. Of courses you're gluing it to the paint, but that's usually strongly bonded. I'd drill into brick to put a structural anchor in, but not to hang a picture.